Provides an insight into the life of Gustav Mahler. Aboard a train, Mahler and his wife look back on their lives and expose the reasons behind their failing marriage.
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Production Year: 2001 - Drama - Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over
Advantages: Fascinating insight into a very private conductor Disadvantages: One always wants more concert clips in DVDs like this...
...and colleagues, and of course from Abbado himself - which is perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the DVD as up to now he has always preferred to talk through his music rather than to journalists.
The orchestras featured in the performance extracts are the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.
Performance and rehearsal extracts played during the DVD are by: Luigi Nono - "Prometeo"; Dvorak - Symphony No. 9; Beethoven - Symphonies No. 1, 3 and 9, Egmont Overture; Bruckner - Symphonies No. 1 and 9; Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms; Brahms - "Ein deutsches Requiem"; Richard Strauss - "Elektra"; Webern - 6 Pieces for Orchestra; Mahler - Symphony No. 2; Debussy - La Mer and Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5. Some of the extracts are quite brief, but all are incredibly musically...
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Actor(s): Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague
Director(s): Ken Russell
Genre: Drama
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1974
Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Provides an insight into the life of Gustav Mahler. Aboard a train, Mahler and his wife look back on their lives and expose the reasons behind their failing marriage.
DVD Description
Provides an insight into the life of Gustav Mahler. Aboard a train, Mahler and his wife look back on their lives and expose the reasons behind their failing marriage.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 0 (All Regions)
Studio(s): FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date: 28/03/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: FHED 1845
Barcode: 5030697008459
Languages
Main Language: English
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Review: ...one of Russell's best films to date (Channel 4 Film, )
Advantages: Fascinating insight into a very private conductor Disadvantages: One always wants more concert clips in DVDs like this...
...and colleagues, and of course from Abbado himself - which is perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the DVD as up to now he has always preferred to talk through his music rather than to journalists.
The orchestras featured in the performance extracts are the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.
Performance and rehearsal extracts played during the DVD are by: Luigi Nono - "Prometeo"; Dvorak - Symphony No. 9; Beethoven - Symphonies No. 1, 3 and 9, Egmont Overture; Bruckner - Symphonies No. 1 and 9; Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms; Brahms - "Ein deutsches Requiem"; Richard Strauss - "Elektra"; Webern - 6 Pieces for Orchestra; Mahler - Symphony No. 2; Debussy - La Mer and Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5. Some of the extracts are quite brief, but all are incredibly musically...
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Advantages: A wonderful piece of cinema Disadvantages: Depends on your opinion of foreign language films
...the battlefield all feature strongly in the film.
The film opens with Hedd Wyn's posthumous chairing at the Eisteddfod, a golden light is reflected on the chair and 'triumphant' music is heard before the scene suddenly cuts to the trenches, the lighting is cold and grey and the mood obviously sombre. The sound of gunfire and bombs can be heard before they fade out and are replaced by Mahler's Song Of The Earth sung in German, emphasizing the impact of the scene. The soldiers go over the top and Elis is soon fatally wounded and the rest of the film is shown in flashbacks as he lies dying on the battlefield. Once more, the sound of gunfire fade out and womens voices are heard whispering lines from Elis' poetry.
Throughout the film we learn about Elis' life and women who played an importan role in his life, namely his mother, sisters and three...
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...Hey fellow Ciaoers. You know me best for my film reviews and I love to do them. I'm on a film streak at the moment with one of my "it makes me laugh" films. Seeing as it makes me happy, I thought I'd do a review on it! It's a golden-oldie and it's called:
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***ACTORS AND ACTRESSES***
Steve Guttenberg - Zeus and Roxanne, 3 Men and a Little Lady, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
Kim Cattrall - Sex and The City, Crossroads, Ice Princess
G.W. Bailey - Scorcher, Jesus, Soloman
Bubba Smith - Fist of Honor, Holy Matrimony, My Samurai
George Gaynes - Stepmonster, The Crucible, The Fantastic Four
Andrew Rubin - Tell Me That You Love Me, Roughnecks, Sunnyside
David Graf (Now sadly deceased) - The Brady Bunch Movie, Rules of Engagement, The Cactus Kid
Michael Winslow - Crimebusters, Buy & Cell, Gremlins
Bruce Mahler - The Perfect...
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